The Sun. — London, England, 1808-03-28 00:00:00

IQBEIGN liV7 E 1 1 IGENCA ci v STAVI.`3 ' Anot ,Fxvs byt he grated God, King • of - Sweden' cc • ka• ece;.- • •. _ Whereas the eastern frontiers of the Kingdom have already *been, invaded . hy,a Russian force;`• and:, whereas-the western,'•sontheru, and northern:froo-, • tiers-,are in,dinger of invasion ;. we . .aregoktipeiled. by he mons in our power to defend • otkr and at' the•sanie titne to avail ourselves, fctri;iWsecu7. , ,: tity, , clibe sacra duty imposed upon :the4iiiigt,of;, Sweden, as well by'the ancient fuodamental laws of the coinitry; as by the present form of government., 1 kelt we may i : .be the butter able to.oppose.ou i tene- Mies, we hereby command 'tit unmarried ansi,able yenng,,men,•,b4,mveen tke tge of IR and _26 years, of what rank Soever they may be . , excepting such, as have heretofore served as-soldierA' or seamen, ; to, be,, ready,. whenever they may h bo . ealled tipbp,„twtle i • (ew! their country. In the -rocan titne we 144t;r41r Commuidersimlnediately;to enrol all young Atenof the above deit7ription, in,every parish.throughoot the _kingdom ; fled- transmit to its a statement thereof as speeddy as , ..possible,: that we may ) accordingly to the intOrmation give'of the Dumber w each distria, issue orders for their organization as regular troops. • All those whom these, may concern are. hereby joined to observance. : " Given at our Palace at Stockholm, this 14th "day of March ) I $O2. (LS.) (Signed) ~ "f Gu,STAr Anotyn.7 Betel the above Proclamation, there are several others of ewmoment : one dated March the 3d, pro hibiting all travelling :Into '&orway Without :a pass from 'the First Seereta7y-of State, which is to be gr:nhied only on account of especial business; and prel iding Figaipst the circulation of publications oft the fronti,ers. Another Proclamation prohibits, on of death, all communication between the do minions of Sweden and lltiesia. , . DECLARATION OF, DENVIAItK AGAINST . SWEDEN. • " The Danish Government has with just impati-• ence.waited to see the effe& of the efforts employed• by the Cotirt of St. Petersburg!' for the purposeof recalling Sweden, by the most friendly mettns,,t,,to thOse interestS which are common to fier,with all 'the Powers' of *the North, ,and to those principles which are the first bond ,of her connetaiOn with- Russia and Der mark. These efforts having finally proved in etlei::thal, the Danish Government finds itself placed in a position towards Sweden which will no`' onger allow its relations with that kingdom to rethaii"-un certain. What these relations had becoine,' it is in ' cli",m.J impossible to dissemble, after a perfidious ng gresiho had suddenly forced Denmark froth the path tire. had followed during, a long- series' . of • year•-• withoift the Slightest deviation; --•All Europe his: rdseanded with one' cry ;of -; indignation at the crate committed by Great Britian against' a.: lieu and,peaCefal Stole; 'and frOm all quarters has the mini) Go%ernment received 'testimonies of • the' iiii •it lively interestij) its cause.. The Court of Stock-, ten alone k notiviihstanding the particultir ties *Welt united it With that of Copenhagen, Irbse:rv irtol,a4B-aeney, which 4t at latii.th broke, only to liki!ree•t:Oinplaint3 the most. untonnded, and re proaches. the itioq •on3est.; .with -rospea t o th e in.. 00 had liktireEtil , rt•,,,itu t t to itfru'ro th e eyentif yr . the r well as hunt the rigorous titf ast'AN:twhich ti!).‘ , situation to which the., -Danish 6overnment has been most unexpettedly reduced„ ha 4 nu.p...rioti!dy reqUired it to I.idopt, and .whlch the chicane and endless vexations of Svvecien have been lithe ' calculated .to .induce :it to abandon. The ,w,Ou:ct have been extrentely'erribar 7 . rissed interprets ; this condo& on the pare of a Sioeroil, n, ivhose interests,' principles, and- semi ?penis, it had,regarded as being . equally wou n d e d b y rfiVak e i of atrocity , w has sncldenly light e d the tia t r ic s of.war in: the North, it bad not quickly &ion, c.' lase' suppo.te, that the resolution -taken by t he' X ? ,i,ng el 'A Aden under these circurmt::utees watt' not 1t,.<11 a 111.1. itf:rt;',Oce... :-I'he extraordinary. I:li.ilify with which tiLit Monarch, s:!veral w b,c,1 7 fore the reOlithytt ot StrnhAind, hut '(•64 .1 C..t,ire41 - f(i'' the (lepartur ..f the ttiajc,r part o f the. En . g'tisit tti,tdes' l'ontet - ania sot:tn, came' With teat view than to avail the opportunity of being, conveyed to Zealind,) and the paios his, Swedish IVlajesty took to inform' his 1)10 1 th,it this re...nib , trknitott place by Orme of 'a 5.,1,-crate arllchrof his C0ny...4,60n .with Great Iltirdiri, slit-first incli.iptions of a sect em tuLderstanding at the fxpence qf Denmark, '1 ht indiCntiotti tVert tiny soot' increased, Dani (h A hot atf;; tina,riled with fto.- I . , sh.:tit cif the assistance !velii , 'h its t .n e; ny recei% ed in the ports of 'Sweden ; 'hitt it has reiT/he-donar.tio , ,eitt.e.i'of ihdt Isistarii f. in a Inat / ut:r th o.f . rns . {„, ; , l ,,, ta t ) h, to itzo;;lt . . It is, easy to cooteive , ilye . int i preipii which his Lectf . ptoduced upon the taaiou by the of ; every kind, and th e: utthormi l tett, Co .1!!,");Si which the - Eng- INl;fiktlfid tu> Ciiitie..l;!y in jraiittailliljg with Sweden. ' N 0,91144 cou!d fail to , retn4rk how much .Dentnark - ss'a4 Insulted by the pleasure which the. Xing.' of . .Wi.det'Priveatai to take, rep,tiringto the coast opp , :isini , chi, SuuncL i and brholding personally all tht- injustice and outrage coton 4 litted against it twigh bouring country i by ,the rarehses and Ituniberless .inarlo of chstrnet lon. lavished' Ilion ,the..leaders of the ;.by the horthurs which they, on their partiffe*:-.led to render to the Ally of their Sovereign ; and by the clinnottatratiotiN of respect towards his 4iwctliSh .Majesty, fu which the Ships,of war, vio lently seized from the port of dopenti.tgen; ',werertot hound, on tln:ir passag e, along the Sound, under the p.tnatOm even nf that. fortress filch their kaki te was . own g. -Hot* ex'e'c unfavourable an wiped t rte concur tea cg of t hoe circornstantesneCessatily cask - uphn the yosition Of the King of Sweden towards tb,e 4 Go verninent of Denmaik,' that GOvernmentcannot, reptcaell itself with hi , ,ving gratuitously exagg,erated ,thiiitt , stppearances, w'pich the . COutt Stockhotnt, fir from al t6olpritig. 16 1 tstllol7i., *Lihtql?() produce, nr,toriih, and rengtlien, as far as it wa in its power. hese'Aillipitt appearances were bOOll Govt-ritment of Ent land,ty,ati,) , lo, first to 'develope to PettitiFirk the openly k4tr it . ...positian of his Swedish Majesty: Eurrp6 H kn o w a the, expinnations ,nc'easinnect, betsickti Swvden by ibis•clenttnclation.: 'The-Xing" jot,Swetiert, whet: catie,l upon in the mosefraiiii'tintr , I, I redly , manner to detlare orf : Ettoo to,epdtattour . itylit)g the necessity oh such ttf Afclarotion whe n . 1 5 • e At length elos:tzly•i: MAILS. • • AkktvlD-1 Dub 2 W.lterforti. DuE-2 ( Watericati. ()I T()CKS THIS ; 1)11 A T e. 0 . 4.:1•067. 4.02 • • THE SUN. ifOLVIr4VIII DIC/XE f ALSUI.4 AL/1)6111 ? N D 0 N, MONDAY, 1 , 1 triCli 28, 1808. • -.lYslame time ago 1116ntion , %1'tht; 'arrival- of two French . Ftigats at M.lniiiitine ; wit b troops. It al).- pears that they only stopped ,one day at that Tiland. A l s soon, as the / tro9p3 were land ,:d they, sailed for France, and on their passagti ct 4 the t oth they captured, itr :1:it...12: N. lon.'t,;),t. W the, A.:nerican Ship-A/sail,' bound from ileifost'.,to New-York. , BefOre the Ne5,.. , / . 7 they had taken the'S:ippho:Privan.:l-1';; ig, if Len don, the Sarah. Mail Leiter tit . o Lp n ..' don, and the Atneric3nSGhoontr burnt the English and pot the' Cre..ivs bit 1) ,. /ard they 'heiit . 'a . s' a Cartel, where she arri► ed on Saturd;,y. 'IN 4 subsrquent columti will bt found a, . Letwr from. Lisbon; which Contains, we liavo fra.;ol, , to believe,.a very 4(.1.1.n.:1te Nome of tht: pressions and erut.bll;.2s which the French have h, cn guilty of in Portugal. Tux Brigantine Eliza and Itargareis, •of Leit c h, :arrived .in. Leith Roads on Wedoes.day, from Goften- . burgh, which rpliceshe . left on the 20th inst. with about. 30 Sail of Merchant Vessels for British Parts, partly Swedes, uncre.r.' cotivne of the Azle Slot)? of War, whiCh Veisci has proceeded southward with the bulk of the Fleet.. The Nlaster of the Eliza and Nargarets Trvrts,"t hat, when he, left Gottanburglt,: - the Squadron, consisting of three Ships . Of the Line, one Ft igate, three Sloops of War, and one .dun-brig, had been cut out of the ice by , iheir.own' . crews,. - assisted by bet Ween 500 and . 00 Swt*i, and had' proceeded tip .to Lisineur and that the Swedes were in the highest spirits,.notyvithstandinv • it was stated that rt - ermsideralde 'nutillicipf 'French troops bad arrived at . Copenhagen,"49t4herswere,; anxiously looking for the expkfedartial of s'On Ships from England. , ' Tfl E Declaratiop,of the Swedish Monarch, ,wlitcll 'We presented to Our. Reders op Saturday, Mak., we doubt not, 4 'due impre4ion on thepubito::-4ris impoisible•to read that Declaration vithribt feeling . an increased . .esteem for that i , . . Ae. pressed,. his Majest7- gAP•e an anNwet oblictue, qua- ,iincl taking a ‘4till - mote ll'Vety i nterest: in his weirsre - , voca4 and insulting: . Nevertheless ; as this answeri ,Utt. the oth," , r it'and; It ' i - S l iit'ipwsi hie to 'avbid -enter appeared-in some, measure, to give the lie to jpe ! ~...., - -. . ' ' -.-- .--ii . -•- . ite-.:naturtribr the Government of England,- the 06vernment of _Den- !.raining fee".;i. of. - a.. eery .,, Y . t.t:WPos mark was contented with it ft - 1r the . Moment, Lod ! Erriperor fit' ' Rossi,, who . has so 'far • degrades' , • thought it becoming to dis , slinulte it's just resent- himself la . the eyes of mankind: '''• But we ~ iidit ments against:Sweden, in the hope that, enlighten . eil, ebneerning,her true interests; and refle&ing on that the beraie •spiiit lof . t . . ..Stv'edish'lVl . '4;1 7 T . ',C.' . . , h , ;Ike conseqUences of her resolutions, she, I,youll at. will diffuse it kindred -fettling over his peoftle,bathi , . )0 'lend by yielding to the representations which • that .a 'sense of what they - cAVe to turn: antTftti...; ithe Court of St.. 'Petersburgl . had niacle, with ,as, ?c , their: native country, ' animated, too, by the putt- T . nitwit tencieinesi• - as patience, in order tft engage her to renounce her alliance w;i4ll Gre.:4t 13rirt'in,. ..erful . and cordial support „which they may expet4. revidently become incompatible wi t h . thatranquillitr. front Gait Briti3in, will rows them to such' tirni of tbe:North, and especially-with the security o f and nriiii inioUs efforfs . aS intiy bid defiance to the'at- Derimark. The Danish . Government - ..1t but .int, ; i t , .. . . ,perfealy, . acquainted with the, nature : ancji extent . .tack 4 w ith e !Licit they dire Incoaco. -... • • . , of the engag eme nt s w hi c h S we d e n 'ln entered ;' 'A't,vish has:ben expressed in.tlie leacling Oppo.. , into with England; .Whatever may be. 'llie' ol )=-: l ' siiiCiO Paper, " that - reSom - ces of this' Country were . ice}, of them, and whatever their.: tendency, no . .... , ' , 'One ! can `better conceive 'or 'appreciate than it- in the han,ls o,l 2 ,nicu ibii..t to give elfe4t . t'u the enefo-' 1 ' ' ''• '7..1 c' self; the ' repugnance which ' his s•,%'edish Miii . .. , 4y of the n. it ional feelings which so unequivocally . ,lpar,+ -woWd feel in failing in any of the obligati'Ons lie . llnd - . fest thentsclves'in' favour of our Ally. the'. ItitivO "Of' 'contracted. But. the Cabinet of,Copenhagen is. not„,' ~., . - - '3VIEDE -. N . ."' ' 'Wbat groUnds the ' present Ministers 'rininforinecl that the Swedish Government itself has '. • `admitted, that the tertnefits engagemelitsrecentlyex- I 'have : giiien the - Writer uf tlieabove.Paragraph tt.; in-. pired ; and after the Cabi n et ()ISt. Lines's had un- ! (like lhintto suppose °that they ar e not di s p ose d t o unasked itself in the t ice of all Etirope,- it : would 'aiiVe , etfetlittil•assistance to the li'liaa of Swnniv, we have been insulting the Court of StockhOlm to. - sup.. - . ., ' , pose that it. would dare to .coecur in an at taeli upon • :do not kn ow,. nor -.14s 'the, Writer . .of Ow Para- . ' the, first bases of the security, prosperity; and dig- 'graph cortaeSeeruled to tell us. • But even if lie pity of the. Powers of the. North These cons.h.lera-• should 'think the present Mitii,,iers not likel\• to' tionS could not be balanced by.nhtritling advan- . ‘. . . • tage of subsidies, with w hi c h t h e C a bi net o f L o nd e n give cifeetual 'assistance to. our Ally, we can bardly.. shell's itself ready, ailll times to-} orehasiz its Allies,,' , ' suppose that be would seriously as..orr, that the late . and *horn. it pretends to have then the, right of ti MiniSters . would, if . they Were in • otlice, "'. giVt; ' .. .• treating as mercenaries. • • , .. -i - . . , .• f the, ~, • • i .: elteEt to the energy -ia le, national ee tngs. upon, ft The resolUtions of the King of Sweden having, - hoWever, frustrated the last hopes or his nei g hb ot ns,,..: this oei;asjott. . Did not the late Ministers. refuse the Government of Denmark could no lon1;er hesir to give '3Si:3lance • to our Allies, when that assist- • tate, on its part, to take t h ose measures w hi c h i ts 3e - . arts` Wright, and in all probability would, have pi•o entity, the generalinterest of the North, : its attach— • - . fluentt to 'Russia, and the nature of its en . f4agetnePtq : duced aver} ditlerent termination of the campaign. ? with that Power, imperi o u s ly pres,riLe'l6'it. 'At a Did not their deteknination, not to attempt Di :moment When Zealand is thteati.ne.l :mew by the - * lasion on the Con t inent, notwithstanding the re , forees of .Englaticl, to 'which the }Anis of . Sweden n . .., .. seA7e as a point of re-union ; w 0 h en ,6 E nem y, o f ~ patted and argent solicitations of our . , Allies, :Cont . the North has just assured himself o f .. 1 h e depend, ; pletely estrange r the ii,mptror of IlusstA froni; : ,us t :, ence of the Court of Stock holni upon hits for fre ' li ', 'and lead •to his present unfortunate connexion witit\.; pecuniary assistance; when the ptiblit: d,'clarations ', , : • of the English Ministry sufficiently untold the name ~ i I'r acre ) e And are these thernen wh o are , flow to be of the engagements', still subsisting or renewed be- : called into power, for the especial purpose of giving tween the two Allies, the antis') Govei notent .leeins-: etfealbil'ai'sisiniee to our Allies ? But we are not left it. right to. prefer a state of open Inis.,ility to preva , •• . - ~. . • •, . -•-- - doubt as to the conduct which the present Oppose and equiveci& relations;iOwards en Enemy in whose disposition, is bi!coine Mare and twin': sushi- n tion would adopt with respe4 to Sweden it they were, j ciaus, and who, during a long period, could be con- in 'office. Mr. PONSONBY, the reputed Leader ot;thei: sidered only -is a disgUised Enemy. His Majei,ty : , , r . the King of Denmark declare;, consequently that he opposition, declared that he thought . Ministers 'ought • adopts-altogether the resolut ions of Hussia.in respect . to give the KIN.G Of, SW.L:DEN money to enahle : hirn to. Sweden, and that he will not separate his-cause froth tliat of the Emperor Alexander ; his .6 . tignst 4nci .faithlol.Ally. . . • " Given' at ,Copenhagen, the 20th of Fe , . bruary; .1 Sos," to buy a- Peace of France ! and that is the w.ty,th.tt In would, if he were Minister, " employ the re. , sources of the Country to give effea to the', ENERGY of the NATIONAL, td:EI;INGS, which: so un'cluivOcally manifest fbemserveb:n favour of our' Ally! :Yesterday morninm His MAT U:Sirr i Princesses Au- GUSTA, Nimit,y, and SOFI3Ii ace,inipained by Ladies - Svo . t,ey and G. Mt! ILAY, Gvnenti MNN nns and FiTznov, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard. a Scritrop by the Ilev...Kr. from the 3d Chap,l of the :Jd Epistle.ot Si,, Peter, the t HI) and) th • Verses,—,“ .Seeing then that al rthese t h hip- shall be, di3solved, what manner of persons',ought to be-in all holy conversation anti: godliness, ,as- looking for, and basting unto the coming of .the day of God." The 'Rev. Mr. ItYlpin f read himself in as one o lie Canons / ltrthe recall of Dr. BL'SBY, promoted to the Deanery oillochester. 1 4 11 e. Princess AMELIA. is recovered frotn. the: meailes,. and attended Divine Service With the.. autteN and Princess E.,412.,A8W1112, in. Windsokc,lstk„ Bt/oNAP,,uI.7u, according to the German.„l,4oAvritol,,, l toward' 'the close of. the last year.. sent a tnis , i"P:tilti China overland, announcing - to ttle .kmperor.theref), pept events in Europe, his intelnkil operations' in India, and exhorting lieu, ff to break oal! commercial intercourse with .144;4nd. , . „Sir Q. GA,EBN, COlt,lDLipchng at 'Anti!, has receii trom the Heys. in Egypt, con taining, it is,said, an invitation to send p bOdy of tisit troops, to Alexandria, and promising, i n th at, event, efficient co-operation. The Turlis have failed' in some: of, their engagements with the. the Overtures in question are represented as,the : cork' - - set q Bence. ' Baron the: bettrer of the'eltrhet des, 7 patches-froni'Stoelcholni to the Swedi,,li Ambassador at our Conti. ThafriN oblenikin left the Swedish', I ,i°ll on the, - evening of the t fit inst., the' Packet. on nwrd of Which,heeMbmked had one of the quickest passa . ges to befound iii the records of the Post ;Office.. Thj mail was landed hi England, in 48 hours, from the fillle of her sailing. Saturday morning 47 Sail of French Fishing : boats: were brought into. Portsmouth by. the, lioadicea l Captain MATTLAqD, and Atedusq,:llan. .oatitain. B'Oth'EltlE, taken oti Havre. Their capitire is 'said to be in retaliation of the'Freuch Prohibitory DeereeS. • About 30 sail of,Transports . weee, on Saturday, Ordered it Portunouth,.. to,sail immediately. for the Downs. There. are abbut - 170 Sail at' Spithead, reads , for serv;ce. . . We have-recent accounts relative to the Cartha,: gena. Squadron in our letters 'received _from f irckaii ‘ l . ,One from Kinsale, tined the 18th, says,—" Tester , day arrived the Fox; - HUTCHINbS, frcirn -11,Thlitt" for' London. She:sailed front Malta the-28th Jacidacr: to the east of Gibralter, spoke .ad Atnerican„..yho . stated, that on the Bth of February be . fell in with one of. our FrigateS, rhea said he had reconnoitred . ' : six thin of Spanish Line 'of 'Battle Ships, and lost :them off ,lylinorca. They got out qt . Citt thagena ,go.. icyg to the Etistward, and , suppo4ed bound.to Corfu, Tile Captain of the Frigate. gave, a letter to the' - ' . American, •saying, if he met ,with any of -our . Men .9f War,. be-niight give theta the above account.!' ..t )11 Saturdayslast the Anniversary Dinner .of the on I,lon Highland was held at Free Masons' Toveim... The : Duke of Stoss'EX. todk his.statiali d§''' ~I) , •esittentsof this very raspetlable fraternity, `audit in: I complinient to the Meeting, in the Highlanri iktire, i • Several other' Membert atso appeaie4 in the same 1 .clress'. Th.: tOotn isms 'veryivell attended, aticti the' .4lttw.ist •fctlisi.iy prtnliied..: - - .- -I :, 1 NAVAL •-NEWS kl age the LONDON PAZE rrs, N'areb 26, 1808. Aitturalty-o,ifice, March 96, 1808. • • Copies'y Eettets from Vice-Admiral Dacres, con - (; s inienVer in , Chief of Hist - Majesty's Ships and Ves -.'iets atJamaica k to the Hon. IP. IV. Pole, dated ;W i lvard His Majesty's Ship Veteran, Putt iloyal, 1 . - -)bist January 1808. r _ . The inclose d Copy of a Letter I requellt you will. • be pleased -to lily. before my f,ords,C..ommissiouers of itie Adtniraity, reporting,the Capture of the F rench : Sehcioper i Ppivateer k:iperiment, .by the Rein Deer t , after a •.chace of ten hours. Lain, &C. J, IZ., DACRES. ' His Sloop Rein beer,..Qt Tikeron, Srai • Dec. 21, 1897. ( 7 = 9 1 ; have the honour to inform . you, that • after . ,.•a Lice ten.holirs, I came up with .Bnd:captured :. tife 'French Schooner Privateer ..4xperimen.t, - An-.. .teine Corroco, Captain, with two guns and ..forty 4ieti, -and twenty-one. days from Baracao, , and had Iliad e no captures. • I t trave the honour, to. be, &c. . (Signed.)• P. J.. DOUGLAS. To Rir4ar d Micros, .sq. Admiral the- • . • in aid, . - _ . Sni, Veteran, Port Royal, Jan. 10;1808. The two Tenders to my Flag, which had sailed ~frorn. hence to i see,-each of them, a valuable Li- cenced Trade'', bound to Vera Cruz, as tin- as-Cape Anconio,'foitunately. fell in at the same time on their return with d hetar, , Spanish Privateer Schooner; which they captured without loss. The inciosed - Copy• of •a. Letter from Lieutenant. Riyd details the particulars. I•titn, Inc. • (Sigded) . J. R. DACRES. • • His Majesty's Schooner Graeieuse, of Cape Sin, Antonio, Dec. 27,1807. I beg leave to acquaint you that this forenoon, bis• Majesty's Schooner Gypsey in company, 'we tell .. . 4•1 with.and captured the Spatfsh.Privateer Seliontier - Juliana, mounting - four 12-pound carionadeS, one long brats 18-pounder amidships, with ttotit-! pleinent of eighty three men, out three.:Mouths . fiorn Trinidall, in Copt, has not Capturedarifthiag: - I hate sent his 114`ajjesfyi Schoorterrypsefitit • with her, as she was the'LloOsi dining the .chaet;,, — and butfered ate, most in hee:riggihg.. she was hat of iutficietit force to live, us a long action, '• must,request 'pet - mission 'to ,say (.c.iy - person r ilie the utatost satisfaction. It,is with great pleasure I have to add, that fhough • the Enemy suflered materially, having e• eig h t killed ,and sik wounded, only . one man of ours was wound!, ed. • • I have t he y to be, &.; , • (Signed), D. BOXD, Lieut Corn: , H • • WA, Veteran, Port Royal, Jan. 13, 18013, I have the honour to inclose yoti,.tor the infer mation.uf.the fiords Connitissionersof the Admiral-. . ty, the Copy of a Letter I have received from Cap-. taiu Coglilan, of the Elk, acquainting me . with thy'; capture, of a Spanish Packet: ,:.`.• • ` I am, &c. - 4•!' , DAP44; ' His Majesty's Brig Elk, Ifassate,kltrepi , Sr , J'roeidence, , Voe,"2", i1907;' . hate the honour to inform you, that. his.Majes.'s , ty.,,"s Brig. I command captured, on the igthult,... at'ter a rung chase, which led me,to the Catouehe . ,. `Bank, the Spanish. ,Schooner Pesta. de. Caracas ; 'bearing a Letter of Marque, from Campeachy. toY' the Havannah,, with a cargo of leather, bass rope, ,and twenty-f Our thousand dollars, which she had in , • freight. Her Mail, with one gun she bad Anount ed, were thrown overboard in the Chace. • • . I have the honour to be, Sce. • .(Signed) . 3En, .coGHLAN. 71) lames Dacres,,Esy. kite-ddmiral of the Ihli e, Cotnniander in: Chlf, . to 06111,: Shark, ,Port !loyal, Feb, 4, 1 Bbe w 'Have much pleasure in transmittinglo yoti; for the information of tile . Lords Conintis'sierners of the, Admiralty, the Copies of. two -Letters I have re ..ceiivreal from Capraiii - Douglasi ,iho efrt'Deer , re pOtt i t his:capture of two •lin emy's Their - .Lordslilps will 'agree with' roe that Captain - 'DOtiglas : Iras-shewlf . 41.gfe4r , d e m, o f aff in i ty, :and is entitled, to: great comi ne nq at i on . four-PriVatee" having, been captur e d by the•lteiti•'.Duer in,the,space t• four p . u • r month 3.. ••••• • • Sec. R. DACES' 4.) t'. Amp • &in Deer, tut . •:Strv, • ,PiCola s .s't.Doininiirb 2 . & • 1 868 ' • • • • • • i` .)iive Jonour to into,ni you , 116 tint OD board at tli F Virile 'Of caPthre, b :• ti \i/ t it h h ad ' 'a plement of eightytfive out eig ht dayi . aP lo Baracao, and had , titkinadeanY ca t • I have the hchionhohe,'Ace. 3#, ' , ' • ' POVIAPI - 3P , Having . .went between 'theAsiand'alfcr the :fairs..l4lll4:lla%° had " e r. the satisfattion to'acquaint YOU, : that i•su eeedect 'running one of. them ashore, and` being de ted bfr -her pe o ple, ,I' b . .ri - ;tight - , her' ofr Wile n n" "dirhage. • Stie'has:',three - guns on bOards. and. p v d b tl}e• le ;•xt . n s tn . t b h e a r n :o . f fif m ty e . n . , s ki ee a n vin to g th thirty ine ere n t oti ,aNv id ay • n . I. r .a t t ptizzS, and' ,ninety. 114 prisoners on board, .I:oog..!'s & would not,- be safe to keep the sea, !and .bove 'return to .this anchorage will`tneet yourapprnh4ti" I'have the - honour to.bed . • (Signed) • • P. J. DOUGLAS. Dacres, Esq. Vice-didoziral of the . . ti White, 'tfe. 'Jamaica. •I I It . . . ' Admiraltrj-Qffice, March 6,189 u.:: copy of a Letter from Admiral' the . Right lir' ~ fiord Gardner,' Commander in chief of Bis-4".f i y: [ t Ltrey's Sizips and Vessels in the Channel, & ti nt( lia l . 4: O'F. to the Hoy.. W. IV. Pote, dattedlykur ton 7 fitnise, the 20th Inst. I _Apt, yon will be pleased to lay before lb° ; .1411asCorntnissiopers of the Admiralty the incloscci 'g.'l9' of a Letter wbich I receivt:a this rl7'